The Influence of Trust on Flourishing Innovation: Study of Pardis Science & Technology Park in Tehran

This research aims at defining effective causes of trust and surveying trust effect on innovation enhancement in Iran and Tehran district، through a case study of Pardis Science and Technology Park. This research concentrates on systems thinking approach. Research sample was based on 105 people located in the mentioned area with 64 sample. Data was analyzed with SPSS and Lisrel software in order to extract key important factors which have an impact on trust and also investigate impact of trust on degree of innovativeness in cities. In the next stage، qualitative method was employed and interviews were conducted with 8 people in this field. Data were analyzed based on theme analysis method and the final system was designed with Vensim Modeling Technique. Results indicate that many factors influence on trust formation in cities which consequently have an effect on innovation indexes.